Transportation device



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THOMAS L.MAUGHL[N ATTORNEY.

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T. L/M LAUGHLIN 1,860;747 I I TRANS PQRTATION DEVICE I Filed Jan. 26, 1931 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 a m an INVENTOR. THCJMS L.MLA VGA [.1]!

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' Patented May 31, 1932 provide a plurality of units which may UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS L. MCLAUGHLIN, OF GUAI DA LUPE, CALIFORNIA,

TRANSPORTATION DEVICE Application filed January 26, 1931. Serial No. 511,845. I

p This invention relates to improvements in transportation devices and has particular reference to a portable railway freight car unit.

The principal object of this inventionbis to e securel arranged upon a railway car an which may e easily moved from the car to a vehicle positioned adjacent the car.

A further object is to 'provide means to effect the movement of the receptacle from the vehicle to the railway car or in a reverse direction.

A still further object is to provide means whereby the receptacle may be eifectively anchored upon the freight car against movement in all directions.

A further object is to provide means whereby the mechanism for locking, will be equally applicable to all sizes of receptacles.

A further object is to reduce a device which is simple in construction and therefore economical to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forminlgka A part of this specificatlon and in which numerals are employed to' designate like parts throughout the same,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my device as the same would appear when attached to a fiat railway car shown in end elevation and shown in dotted lines, the position the receptacle would assume upon a highway vehicle, Figure 2 is atop lan view of Fig. 1, Figure 3 is an en elevation of the receptacle as the same would appear upon a freight upon the railway car; usually a flat car.

car.

These receptacles are customarily moved thru the employment of a derrick or by em ploying' rollers which are placed under the receptacle during the movement of'the receptacle from the motor vehicleto the railway car. In most instances, these rece tacles are held upon the flat car thru the e ect around curves, these receptacles may shift and cause serious accidents, such as have occurred on several occasions.

Applicant has therefore devised simple fastening means which may be attached to the fiat railway car, whichfastening means may be'pivoted so that the receptacle having rollers thereon may be rolled over the fastening means and on to a vehicle positioned adjacent the railway car and. by providinga cable arrangement upon the motor vehicle, the receptacle may be pulled on to the motor vehicle or may be pulled off therefrom and on to the railway car.

In the accompanying drawings wherein of their one side, and as a result, in going preferred embodiment ofmy invention, the

numeral 5 designates the flat surface of a railway car, commonly referred to as a flat To the floor ofthe car are attached brackets 6, 7, 8 and 9. To each one of these is pivoted a lever as shown at 11, 12, 13 and 14: respectively. All of these levers have perforations 16 formed at their free ends, the purpose of which will be later seen. Pivotally secured to the side of the car as at 17 are securing plates 18 having bent flanges 19 to which is secured a pin 21 having a hole 22 formed therein, the purpose of which will be later seen. cured to the surface 5 of the flat car and in alignment with the securing plates 18. The receptacle to be transported is designated at 24 and has upon its lower surface, rollers 26 thru the medium of which the receptacle is rolled onto the vehicle and off of the vehicle, which is accomplished by providing upon the under-surface of the receptacle a bracket 27 to which a plate 28 is attached as by a pin 29. This plate 28 has holes 31 in order' that a hook 32 secured to a cable 33 may be placed therethru. This cable has one end,

Track portions 23 are seturned in a direction so as to cause thehook to move the receptacle ofl of the vehicle on to the flat car. Previous to the movement of the receptacle, however, the lates 18 on the side of the car being loade are swung to the dotted line position ofFig. 2 so that.

the wheels [26 -of the receptacle will pass thereover. When the receptacle moved to the position shown in full lines in Fig, 1, it will come to wrest against the securing plates 18 upon the left hand side ofthe drawings, these plates being held in upright position thru the fact that the levers 12 and 14 have been secured to the pins 21 by pass-o ing the pins 'thru the proper openings in these levers. These pins areprevented from withdrawal thru the use of a hook 41 which is secured to the lever by; a chain 42, which hook is passed thru the openings 22. As soon as the receptacle is in proper position, the two plates 18 on the right hand side of the drawings, are swung to vertical position and a secured in this position inthe same manner as that described for the two (plates, namely, by engaging the levers 11 an 13 with their respective pins. In order to prevent any up and down movement of the receptacle with respect to the car, brackets 43 are attached to the receptacle and underlie the flanges 19 of each of the securing plates.

' tached to the flat car.

It will thus be seen that I. have produced a device wherein the rece tacle may be moved on to or off of the car by simply lowering two of the securing plates on to a- .vehicle adjacent the carand by rolling the receptacle over. these-plates either on to or oil from the flat car, and that by swinging these plates to a vertical position and locking them in this position, the receptacle is securely at- It is to be understood that the form to be taken as a preferred example of the same and'that various changes relative to the material, size, shape and arrangement of arts may be resorted to without :departing rom the s irit of the invention or the scope;

of the subyoined'claims.

Having thus described my invention, "1-

' 1. In. a device of the character dd scribed,

the combination with aflat car havin a flat surface, of a luralityof securing plates secured, to said at surface and spaced one; from as been eeann plate and said carand means forlocking said plates in vertical position.

2. In combination wlth ing a fiat surface, of a plurality of spaced a freight car havsecuring plates pivoted to said car at a point adjacent the edges thereof, each of said plates having a bent flange formed thereon, said flanges being'spaced from the pivotal cons nection of said plate and said car, a pin carried by each of said flanges, levers fpivotally secured to said flanges and means or securing one of said levers to each of said pins carried by said flanges. I 1

3. In a device of the character described, the combination with a flat car, of a plurality of brackets secured to said car in spaced'relation, a air of brackets secured to the opposite si es of said car and in spaced relation, the pivotal point ofsaid plates being flush with the surface of said car, levers-piv oted to each of said brackets, said levers having perforations formed in their free ends,

bent flanges formed on each of said plates,-a

pin carried by each-of said flanges, said pin being adapted to engage one of the perforations of one of said levers, said flanges being spaced from the pivotal connection of its plate and adapted to overlie securing means mounted on said flat car.

4. In a device of the character described,

the combination with a flat car having a flat surface, a plurality of securing plates. secured to said flat surface, said plates being spaced one from the other, means for lockin said plates in vertical position whereby said flat surface and said vertical plates will of my I invention herewith shown and described is 

